CALABAR, OLD, a river of Upper Guinea, Africa, which falls into the bight of Biafra by a wide estuary, in Lat. 5. N., Long. 8. 20. E. The Cross river, which was formerly considered a branch of the Calabar, was discovered by Captain Becroft in 1841-2 to be the main stream. See an account of this expedition in the London Geographical Society's Journal, vol. xiv.